Price marker



P 1927' J. H. ALDEN PRICE MARKER Fi led March 17. 1927 Patented Sept. 20, 1927.

UNITED STATES JAMES H. ALDEN, OF ,WAH O O, NEBRASKA. i

' PRICE MARKER.

Application filed March 17, 1927. j Serial No.'176,184.

position where they may be easily selected for impressing their indicia onthe card or tag.

-Another of my objects is the provison of attaching means for the type bars whereby it is impossible to misplace the type bars and whereby the type bars may be selectively used without interference from the other type bars.

Another of my objects is the provision of an adjustable device for receiving and for centering a card or tag, this device being combined with another adjustable device for guiding the type bars in a manner such that the characters will be applied to the card so as to be symmetrical with respect to the outline of the card.

Having in view these objects and others which will be pointed out in the following.

description, I will now refer to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my price marker in its preferred form.

Figure 2 is a view in perspective of the base of the gauge.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the adjustable spacer.

Figure at is a view in perspective of the adjustable stop.

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of one of the keys or hammers.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the bottom surface of the key or hammer shown in Figure 5.

Figure 6 is an illustration of a type guide of somewhat modified form.

The frame of the device includes a base 10 having two end walls 11. Two rods 12 are secured in the end walls 11 so as to span the distance between the end walls, the two rods being in parallel relation. Securedto the rods 12 are keys'or hammers 13, half of the hammers being on one rod and the other half on the other rod. In one end ofthe base 10 is a sunken stamp pad 14- which is so positioned that all of the hammers 13 may rest on the stamp pad when not being used The individual hammer is shown in Figures 5 and 5 These hammers are each providedwith an aperture 15v for receiving a 7 rod '12 in such a way that the hammerswill be slidably and pivot-ally secured to the rod.

At the upper portion of each hammer is a PAT N oFFicE.

head 16 which is so shaped thatv it may be conveniently grasped by the fingers. At its base thehammer 1s notched for receiving type bars 17 having suitable indicia thereon.

in my preferred construction I employ interchangeable rubber type. a It is understood of course, that the parts of the hammers 13 are so proportioned that all of the type bars 17 will be in alignment when they rest on the surface of the base 10.

The guide shown'in Figure 1 includes a base 18 which is secured to the base 10, the base 18 being provided with an aperture 19. The base 18 is spaced slightly from the base 10 and it is provided with outturned flanges 19 from its upper surface at two of the opposite edges oft-he aperture, 19, The slide 20 in Figure 3 is so arranged that it is engageable with the flanges 19 so as to be slidable thereon. The slide is provided at its forward end with an upstanding tongue 21 for convenience in grasping it. The slide 20 is also provided with two apertures 22 and 23 each of the apertures having a plurality of Wires or rods 24 extending lengthwise thereof. If only three characters are to be placed on the price tag; the slide 20 is positioned so as to bring the aperture 22 in alignment with the type bars 17 and if four characters are desired, the adjustment of the slide 20 is so made as to bring the aperture 23 into the proper alignment. The hammers 13'are slidably moved on their rods 12 and the selected hammers are then pressed down between the wires 24 so as to properly space the characters on the tag. The apertures 22 and 23 are transversely symmetrical on the slid 20 so that when the price tag 25 is inserted the characters will be properly spaced with reference to the lateral edges of the card 25.

It is frequently desired to produce a number of price tags having diiferent characters but in all of. which the characters are uniformly spaced with reference to all edges of the tag. The price tag 25 is inserted at one end of the base 18 and in my device I provide an adjustable stop 26 as best shown in Figure 4. This stop has a stop edge 27 and ice I In Figure 6 I have showna modified gauge of somewhat simpler form. The strip 29 is secured 1n spaced relatlon to the which corresponds to the base 10 of the preferred construction. The strip 29- is spa-ced v from the base 30 by means of spacers as shown in dotted linesywhich construction permits slidingthe pricetags underneath the strip 29 so as to be symmetrical with respect to the notchesffil and 32: Thenotch 31 is sufficiently wideior threecharacters, While the notch 32 is Wide enough for four charecters.v Either a fixed or adjustable stop 33 maybe employed in connection with the modified form of gauge as shown in Figure6; l

Having thus described my invention in suchfull; clear, and exact terms that its construction and operation'wilb be readily understood by othersskilled in the art to which secured to saidwbase, and a spacing device on said base for receiving the card or tag to be printed andha'ving means for -sy1nmetrically spacing the characters fromsaid type :bars on the card or 2. A price marker having base, a rod secured to sald base in spacedjrelation therewith, a plumhtyci type bars piyotally and slidably mounted on said rod, an inking pad secured to said base, an adjustable spacing .devicefor receiving the cards or tags to'bc .printed, and having ad ustab1e means for symmetrically spacing the characters from said type bars on the card or tag.

In testimony whereof I- aflix my signatui-e.

JAMES ALDEN. 

